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Puah (Father of Tola)
[People]Puah is a man of the tribe of Issachar mentioned in Judges 10:1, the son of Dodo and the father of the judge Tola. Scripture records only his name and lineage, and only once.
Shiphrah and Puah
[People]Shiphrah and Puah were two midwives (women who assisted at childbirth) mentioned in Exodus 1. Because they feared God, they refused to obey the Egyptian king's command to kill Hebrew baby boys.
Puvah
[People]Puvah was the second son of Issachar and a grandson of Jacob. He was the ancestor of the Punite family within the tribe of Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, and appears only in genealogies.
Tola
[People]Tola was a judge from the tribe of Issachar who succeeded Abimelech and judged Israel for twenty-three years during the period of the judges. He is briefly recorded in Judges 10:1–2.
Dodo
[People]Dodo was a man of the tribe of Issachar, the father of Puah and the grandfather of the judge Tola. He is mentioned by name only once in the Bible, in Judges 10:1.
Midwife
[Bible]A midwife is a woman who assists another woman in childbirth. In the Bible, midwives appear in Genesis and Exodus. They are best known through the account of Shiphrah and Puah, who defied Pharaoh's order and saved the lives of Hebrew baby boys.
Shiphrah
[People]Shiphrah is a Hebrew midwife (a woman who assists in childbirth) mentioned in Exodus 1. Together with Puah, she refused to obey the king of Egypt's order to kill Hebrew baby boys and instead let the children live.